St Pete - You Had To See It To Believe It!
03-31-2009, 12:45 PM
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St Pete - You Had To See It To Believe It!
What a day.
I was lucky enough to be in a helo to shoot this run.
The wind had been whipping through the Gulf for days and the water in Tampa Bay proved it.
It looked like 4-6's from the air, but I'll bet that nasty stuff felt bigger in a boat.
This shot sums up the day.
Mercedes-Benz, Aqua Mania and Pure Platinum all coming to the same conclusion at the same time: F@#K THIS!!!
You can see how far into the gulf it took them to reach the U-turn conclusion.
My pilot was fighting the wind all day- trying to hold position and could not turn into the wind-
we had to go the long way around every time, and couldn't go too low for obvious reasons.
Quite a memorable day, especially for the 8 rough riders that managed to make it to the lunch stop!
I was lucky enough to be in a helo to shoot this run.
The wind had been whipping through the Gulf for days and the water in Tampa Bay proved it.
It looked like 4-6's from the air, but I'll bet that nasty stuff felt bigger in a boat.
This shot sums up the day.
Mercedes-Benz, Aqua Mania and Pure Platinum all coming to the same conclusion at the same time: F@#K THIS!!!
You can see how far into the gulf it took them to reach the U-turn conclusion.
My pilot was fighting the wind all day- trying to hold position and could not turn into the wind-
we had to go the long way around every time, and couldn't go too low for obvious reasons.
Quite a memorable day, especially for the 8 rough riders that managed to make it to the lunch stop!
Last edited by jayboat; 04-01-2009 at 02:42 PM.
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